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GOWANS
Definition of GOWANS
noun
plural of gowan
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Word DNA
GOWANS inherits its ancestry from its root, GOWAN.
Line of descent
- Scottish Gaelic
- Scots
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
39th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (123)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GOWAN · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOWANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GOWANS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGNOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found GOWANS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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